NEW YORK: In pioneering work, a team led by an Indian American surgeon has successfully performed robotic surgeries in advanced kidney cancer patients. The team from USC Institute of Urology in Los Angeles performed the lengthy procedure using only seven small incisions and four robotic tools. Surgery is required when cancer of the kidney causes a level III thrombi or clot that develops in the major vein leading back to the heart. Generally,...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday underwent a surgery for benign enlargement of the prostate gland at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. "The procedure was performed to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy of the prostate (benign enlargement of the prostate gland)," Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said. "The Prime Minister is convalescing after the surgery and has had a stable post operative course," he said.

Himesh Reshammiya going the Michael Jackson way? The limelight can be demanding, and the intense need to stay in the spotlight seems to have gripped Himesh. He has experimented with numerous looks and given in repeatedly to hair transplants. Now he has pushed the limits further by undergoing vocal surgery. Himesh has quietly put himself through surgery a couple of months ago and added one more voice, apart from his nasal voice. He has now become the only singer to have two completely different...

SYDNEY: Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy has had brain surgery for a blood clot that is thought to have arisen from his fall from the podium during the trophy presentation ceremony at the A-League grand final in May. The 84-year-old billionaire got back to his feet and completed the presentation in Melbourne on May 17, but began feeling unwell while holidaying in Europe last week. Shopping mall operator Westfield Corporation...

NEW DELHI: The number of bariatric surgeries performed in the country has increased almost ten times over the last decade with over 10,000 such surgeries performed in the previous year. "It (bariatric surgery) started in the early 21st century and over the last 10 years has increased by almost 10 times in India," said Dr Arun Prasad, vice president of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India ( OSSI ). "While about 2-3 such bariatric operations...

MUMBAI: A medical treatment termed as Micro-endoscopic decompression surgery proved beneficial for 67-year-old Rajendra Sanghvi and his family members, who were obese and faced severe spinal issues. They got cured for their health complications at a city hospital here, doctors said on Saturday. It began with Sanghvi who had a history of back pain and numbness in his both lower limbs. He was later diagnosed with lumbar canal stenosis, which meant narrowing of the spinal canal...

NEW DELHI: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today underwent a gastric bypass surgery for treatment of Type II diabetes at Saifi Hospital in Mumbai. Gadkari (54) is a known diabetic and had poor control of his sugar levels with early diabetic nephropathy despite currently available medical management, according to Mufazzal Lakdawala, surgeon at the Saifi Hospital, who conducted the surgery.

LONDON: Simple distraction techniques such as talking to a nurse, watching a DVD or using stress balls can help patients relax during a surgery and reduce their pain, a new study has found. The research from the University of Surrey in UK analysed 398 patients, splitting them into four groups. The first group was played music during their surgery, while the second was offered a choice of DVD to watch from a wall-mounted monitor. In the third group, a dedicated nurse...

NEW DELHI: The two-year-old battered girl admitted at AIIMS underwent another life-saving surgery on Monday even as police spread the net to locate a man who "adopted" the baby and gave her to a teenaged girl for upkeep. Police also questioned a woman who got the baby from her biological mother and later handed her over to Rajkumar alias Dilshad (28), who left the girl with his minor girlfriend before heading to Mumbai for the treatment of his children. ...

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has gone abroad, possibly to the US, to undergo surgery for a medical condition, which the party did not disclose. Making the announcement, Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi, told reporters in Parliament House that the 64-year-old leader was recently diagnosed with a medical condition and has been advised surgery. "On the advise of her doctors, she has travelled abroad and she is likely to be...

NEW DELHI: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani was admitted to a hospital this week after her return from the US where she had gone to participate in an international conference. According to sources, she underwent a minor surgery on her leg at Medanta Hopital in Gurgaon and was kept under observation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for a day. Irani is recovering now. When contacted by ET, Dr. Naresh Trehan , chairman and managing director of Medanta ...

JAIPUR: Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini's driver was today arrested on charges of overspeeding and causing death by negligence after her Mercedes collided with another car, killing a four-year-old girl and injuring the actress along with four others last night. The 66-year-old actress underwent a surgery for her wounds at Fortis hospital here and was doing fine, doctors attending to her said. She was also treated for a minor fracture on her nose. ...

MUMBAI: A team of doctors at a city hospital here have performed minimal access spine surgery on an 82-year -old 'Ankylosing Spondylitis' (Bamboo Spine) patient by implanting 14 screws in his spinal cord, a rare medical feat. Ankylosing Spondylitis , commonly known as Bamboo Spine, is a form of rheumatic arthritis which is associated with long-term inflammation of the joints in the spine. Symptoms include pain and stiffness from the neck down to the lower back. ...

LONDON: Grammy-winning singer Sam Smith is using an app to help him speak after undergoing surgery on his vocal cords. "He's doing well, he's resting up," says his friend and music producer, Jimmy Napes . "He's got an app that speaks for him and it's like Stephen Hawking , where you type something in, except it's in a girls' voice - which is hilarious," he added. The 23-year-old singer had the operation at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, earlier this...

LONDON: Veteran actress Jane Fonda believes women who have suffered sexual abuse are more likely to undergo extensive cosmetic surgery. Fonda, 77, said they take surgery too far as they attempt to change their past, reported The Guardian online. "The danger with surgery is you say, 'Oh this is good, let me do more'. It can be an addiction. Thirty per cent of women were sexually abused when they were young. "And a woman who has been sexually abused will have a...

PARIS:A team of French doctors will operate on a man under near-weightless conditions on Wednesday ? a world first and what they hope will be a step toward performing surgery in space. Whizzing above south-west France aboard a specially modified Airbus, strapped-down surgeons will attempt to remove a fatty tumour from the forearm of a volunteer in a three-hour operation. The Airbus A300 Zero-G, based in Bordeaux, is designed to perform roller coaster-like manoeuvres that simulate...

NEW DELHI: The 15 year old son of two doctors performed a filmed caesarean section birth under his parents' watch in Tamil Nadu in an apparent bid to gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest surgeon. Instead, the boy's father could be stripped of his licenses and may face criminal charges, officials said Thursday. "Dr K Murugesan showed a recording of his son, Dhileepan Raj, performing a caesarean section to an Indian Medical...

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who successfully underwent arthroscopic surgery on hisleft knee on Thursday at a hospital here, thanked his well-wishers for standing by him during his tough time. Do they do Fequent Fliers Miles in Hospitals? If yes, I would own some of the hospitals! Thx all for standing by me as I pray on my knees... — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 21, 2015 tweeted the 49-year-old, who has been advised complete rest for three to four...

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan successfully underwent arthroscopic surgery of left knee on Thursday and has been advised complete rest for three to four days, a doctor said. SRK underwent the surgery at the Breach Candy Hospital here. Sanjay Desai , who operated on the 49-year-old iconic star, said in a statement: "Mr. Khan has been suffering from repeated pain and swelling of left knee over the last several months. "Today's surgery confirms...